Monday, April 30, 2012

I kept looking at my front porch thinking it still needed something. I even had my husband talked into building a fence wall I envisioned and drew for him. Then I decided to see hwat my wooden ladder would look like instead. Free and no building. Win win situation. And I like it. Triple win.

I hung a basket with the top of a solar light on the top.

And I put a cone floral container underneath with some faux greenery in it. Yep I am a faux flower/greenery lover.

I quickly dry brushed a bit of Annie Sloan chalkpaint in Versailles on the front of the ladder in the dark a few days ago. My neighbor who knows what is always going on in the neighborhood probably thinks I am crazy for putting a ladder on my porch and painting it in the dark.

It softens the corner though.

If you like the hanging basket better then you can let me know. I still have it and I am not opposed to putting it back in the corner.

I really like how the solar light gives off a little glow from the top of the ladder at night.

I added my little bench I redid to the front porch too.

It’s much easier to relax with your feet propped up.

Ok I really think this is my last front porch post for a while. Maybe if my plants fill out and look good, I will have to do one more.

Oh one more thing. My little bush/tree has small white flowers on it and the small bees and butterflies like it. I captured a pretty butterfly photo.

I am liking the butterflies, but the moth infestation we have had the last 2 weeks is a bit much.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Today is the last day President Bush and injured Veterans will be riding their mountain bikes for the Warrior 100k in Palo Duro Canyon. Bush has been riding among a group that includes 19 servicemen and one woman over difficult trails cover 13.3, 29.4, and 19.4 miles on each of the three days.

The Veterans were greeted at Rick Husband International Airport here in Amarillo, TX several days ago.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Before my lunch date with a good friend of mine, I stopped at Hobby Lobby to look around. I spotted a pillow I had been meaning to make. Do you ever see things that you dreamed up in your mind. I hate when I don’t do it first except this time I was glad to just buy it and not make it.

I love the pillow and it was 40% off!

I really love numbers and letters. I use to only like even numbers, but now I like odd numbers too. Especially the number 3, but 2 will always be my favorite.

I have a pillow I made for Autumn/Winter that I hate putting away in the spring because I love the looks of it on my bench. It says Autumn on one side and Winter on the other.

The other day Kim at Savvy Southern Style posted about some bar stools she bought at World Market. I really liked the looks of them and thought they may be a great prop when I take photos. On my way home from work this week I stopped by World Market and they had one left so I bought it. I needed a place to store it. It’s too cool looking not to display so I moved the little blue chair out of the corner in my family room and added the bar stool.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

This past Friday my husband and I had lunch together. As we were driving home I suggested we go buy some flowers for the front porch. I told him he could pick them out.

Since we needed some topsoil to fix an area of grass in the front yard he decided it was a good idea. He has never gone to buy flowers. He loves all bright and pretty colors. I love all things subdued.

I guided him a bit on the need for thrillers, fillers and spillers. We didn’t get as many fillers as we needed, but when he realized the prices of flowers in greenhouses he slowed down putting them in our basket.

So some of the small pots only have one little flower plant in them.

I like to put the pots at different heights for interest.

And it gives room for the spillers to grow.

I still need a plant above my bench, but I have an idea for something my husband and I can build too. I just need to decide which way I want to go with it.

Anything to soften the brick back there will help. Potting a plant will be the easy way to go, but building something would be much more fun to blog about.

My violas are still looking good in this pot so I just added a spike and a plant for now.

I don’t think these guys will last much longer. It was in the 90s today and it might reach the 100s Thurs or Friday. I guess there goes Spring.

After finding out how much flowers cost, my husband wants to know if we can grow them from seeds next year. I told him he was crazy.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Friday evening I met my coworker’s daughter and her fiancé at Buffalo Lake Wildlife Refuge which is about 30 miles from where I live. There is not much beauty or nature around here for photography backgrounds. One day I will be surrounded by beautiful nature, but for now this is about as good as it gets.

Yep in Texas we were boots.

And we have beautiful weeds and brush when the sunlight hits them.

When it rains which thank you God it has this year, we even have some wildflowers.

And canyons pop up here and there.

There is always a windmill on the outskirts of town and most men own a pickup truck.